David Benavidez vs David Morrell Jr. civil servant on February 1

As expected, WBC Interim Light Heavyweight Champion David Benavidez will face fellow undefeated David Morrell at the top of a Prime PPV on February 1st at the T-Mobile Arena.

Benavidez (29-0, 24 KO) is in line for a crack at the winner of Artur Beterbiev’s scheduled rematch against Dmitry Bivol, which may or may not go uncontested depending on the IBF’s Michael Eifert claim, but takes a real risk here against a super middleweight emigrant. Although he was a bit shaky in his divisional debut against Radivoje Kalajdzic, Morrell (11-0, 9 KO) is a dazzling mix of speed and power when he’s on. I’ll be shocked if this isn’t a Fight of the Year front runner.

In particular, the undercard features a rematch between Brandon Figueroa (25-1-1, 19 KO) and Stephen Fulton (22-1, 8 KO), who appeared for the first time. This was supposed to land on next month’s Gervonta Davis vs Lamont Roach Jr show, but thankfully it didn’t stay as it was bumped to March.

There’s also a fun super lightweight slugfest between Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz (26-3-1, 18 KO) and Angel Fierro (22-2-2, 17 KO) plus Jesus Ramos (21-1, 17 KO) vs. Jason Rosario (24-4-2, 18 KOs). Did you know that Rosario isn’t even 30 yet? Wild.